Pulsating Xenia Placement?

[Roboson]

Where in my tank should this guy go? I got a small frag really cheap at the LFS today on a whim, but it seems like he doesn't want to attach anywhere in my tank.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Where in my tank should this guy go? I got a small frag really cheap at the LFS today on a whim, but it seems like he doesn't want to attach anywhere in my tank.

start with a lower flow. pref on a rock kinda alone. as it gets happy it will likely spread. VICIOUSLY. sometimes.

 

[Roboson]

That's really what I'm hoping for. The frag itself has maybe ten heads, so I'm hoping it will grow out a bit. How about lighting? How much is optimal for this little fellow?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

That's really what I'm hoping for. The frag itself has maybe ten heads, so I'm hoping it will grow out a bit. How about lighting? How much is optimal for this little fellow?

it almost will grow in the dark. Most xenia it seems come from murky waters with high nutrients. If you have a high nutrient tank they will sometimes take off on you. great Po4 reducer.
if you can get a lowish med flow so theres some nice waving, they look great and really extend. that same lil colony can be 3 or 4 inches at the end of the week.

Heres a trick, if they start to get a lil out of control, up the flow. they shrink up and dont spread rapidly. IME.
pull all the babies it drops out of the tank.

 

[phantomreefing]

As cool as they are, they do become a pest.

Xenia thrive in any location.

What you should keep in mind is where to put so YOU can keep control of it.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Curiously, they hate my sump.

 

[Roboson]

Should I try to get it up on a rock or should it be on the sandbed?

 

[phantomreefing]

I would not put on the rock. Unless the rock is isolated from all the other rocks.

I'm telling they are going to spread everywhere and be a nuisance.

 

[ngvu1]

I have some I my sump and they are doing great. Not sure because of low flow...

 

[Roboson]

I don't have very many corals, just these and two mushrooms and two hitchhiking polyps. So I'm trying to get them to spread. As of now, I have them on a rock away from other rocks in an area of medium flow, and good light. Will that make them grow a lot?

 

[Peanut]

I don't have very many corals, just these and two mushrooms and two hitchhiking polyps. So I'm trying to get them to spread. As of now, I have them on a rock away from other rocks in an area of medium flow, and good light. Will that make them grow a lot?

time....and before you know it, it will take over your entire tank

 

[ngvu1]

Put it in a low flow area and it will attach to live rocks. They are very easy but when i first started out, i did kill them
Water condition is pretty much the only thing that kills xenia. Give it time and do tank maintenance regularly you will have more than enough

 

[cjd]

Careful what you wish for, they are one of the reasons I broke down my cube tank . I even took out the rocks they were attached to, clipped all the stalks and burned the base that was still attached to the rock with a lighter and they still grew back!

 

[ngvu1]

Top view LOL

 

[Darbna]

What are the green plants you have there?

 

[ngvu1]

Macro algae caulerpa I think

What are the green plants you have there?

 

[Roboson]

It's my understanding that calerpa has round orb-like things on it. Yours looks more like a cactus than calerpa.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

There are many types of calurpa. That is Caulerpa serrulata

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_6/volume_6_4/caulerpa.html

Oh FWIW
The Southern California Caulerpa Action Team (SCCAT) recommend that clippings be placed inside a sealed plastic bag and frozen for 24 hours before being disposed of with the household waste.

 

[Roboson]

Update on my Xenia: it's almost grown an inch in since I got it. Two days ago. Before it looked like a little waving blob, now it looks like a little pick broccoli. I can see how this stuff could take over a tank.

 

[ngvu1]

Is this a yay or nay post ;-)?

Update on my Xenia: it's almost grown an inch in since I got it. Two days ago. Before it looked like a little waving blob, now it looks like a little pick broccoli. I can see how this stuff could take over a tank.